The Avengers (2012)

By rebecca-rose, Shrewsbury, NJ

The latest superhero movie, The Avengers, was released into theatres May 4, 2012. Joss Whedon brings the classic Marvel Avengers to life in an action-packed film starring Robert Downey Jr (Iron Man), Chris Evans (Captain America), and Scarlett Johansson (Black Widow).

The plot is a continuation off the past movies, Iron Man (2008), The Incredible Hulk (2008), Iron Man 2 (2010), Thor (2011) and Captain America: The First Avenger (2011). In the movie, Thor’s brother, Loki, has come to Earth with plans of taking it over using the Tesseract. Nick Fury, the leader of a secret government organization, must stop Loki before he can find the Tesseract and use it’s power to become unstoppable. The beginning of the film focuses on building the storyline, including the re-assembly of the Avenger team while the rest of the plot unfolds in the team’s attempts to capture and stop Loki.